MMA Email Newsletter 2/21/2008
February 21, 2008
Rep. Huntley derides "smokers theater"
The latest attempt to get around the statewide ban on smoking in public places is for taverns to pretend to be theaters that allow smoking, thus allowing audience members to smoke. MORE
BCBS chief proposes statewide approach to obesity
"If a majority of Minnesotans were diagnosed with a condition linked to some of the most debilitating and life-shortening diseases around, would you be concerned?" MORE
Medical home makes financial sense: WSJ column
A column in Monday's Wall Street Journal praises efforts in Illinois to provide Medicaid patients with a medical home. MORE
"What will become of primary care?"
Minnesota Medicine wants to get physicians' ideas about what the future holds for primary care, for better or for worse. The quiz is just 3 questions. Click and it will be over before you know it. MORE
Sign up for Day At The Capitol 2008
Participate in the legislative process, hear from key health care policy makers, meet with legislators to impact the care you provide to patients. MORE
MMA Membership Directory replaced by Find A Physician
The MMA will no longer publish a print version of its Membership Directory. Replacing the print directory is the online Find A Physician. MORE
Bylaws matter!
Bylaws and self-governance for medical staff are important to physicians and patients ... which is why the MMA Organized Medical Staff Section is holding a CME session on "Medical Staff By-Laws and Self-Governance," March 13 at Broadway Place West. MORE
OTHER STORIES
Study: Violence often precedes young people starting to smoke
U study: kegeling an effective response to urinary incontinence
Experimental drug addresses alcoholism by decreasing anxiety
Vaginal gel fails to prevent HIV in African women
Disaster preparedness investments paying off
Deer tick may have role in increasing HIV resistance
ACP calls for new policy on medical marijuana
Wal-Mart ramps up in-store clinics, with help of of hospitals
Pain management symposium in Aberdeen Sept. 25-27
New York state investigates fraud by health insurance companies
Bill targeting online drug availability moves forward
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